When we last left our friends at US Acres, they had just figured out the truth about Lord Jefferson; he was really Robert the Terrible. According to legend, he was quite the monster. The other animals were terrified and were going to reconsider their votes, when Robert stepped in.

"Calm down everyone" said Robert "It's all true, I'm Robert the Terrible. I'm not denying it. Now maybe I did murder a few innocent animals, but should I apologize for being strong? Do you want a leader who is book smart and wants things in order? Or do you want a doer? A decider!"

"Yeah" said the other animals in unison.

"So what if he's a monstrously brutal tyrant? He knows what he wants" said a pig.

"But he nearly sent the barnyard into darkness" Lanolin exclaimed, frustrated.

"And never admitted he was wrong" a chicken added "Now that's true leadership"

Orson finally got fed up with this and screamed at the top of his voice "ALRIGHT THAT IS IT!"

He went up to make the final votes.

"Do you want Orson, who just wants everyone to be happy and safe?" Orson asked in frustration.

Roy, Wade, Lanolin, Bo, Booker and Sheldon raised their hands.

"Or do you want a leader who wants to plunge the barnyard into darkness and literally has the word 'Terrible' in his name?!" Orson pointed to Robert.

Everybody else raised their hands.

"Majority rules" Orson gasped.

"Heh, heh, heh" Robert cackled "At last...the barnyard is mine! MWAH HA HA HA HA!"

All of a sudden, lightning struck as Robert gloated over his victory and the other animals were frightened, realizing their mistake too late. e

Robert pointed to the animals "I want to look to animal to your left, then to your right. I guarantee you that by next week, one of you will be dead!"

Booker and Sheldon gasped and clinged onto Orson's leg in fear.

"The farm is gonna burn, the weak will perish and all will bow down before me...SUCKERS!" Robert sadistically grinned "And as you know, Orson, a deal is a deal! Get him boys!"

Robert snapped his fingers and all of a sudden, two bulldogs came up to Orson and grabbed him by the arms.

"ORSON!" Wade shouted.

The bulldogs threw Orson into a crate and onto a delivery truck, conveniently heading somewhere in town and it drove off down the road.

"Put him down!" Booker and Sheldon said as they walked over to save their adoptive father "You mess with him, you mess with us!"

"Boys, no" Lanolin picked up the chicks "It's too dangerous"

Booker looked like he was about to cry "But what about Orson..."

"There's nothing we can do about it" said Lanolin.

"So long, Orson" Robert gloated "Now for a brand new era!"

Robert snapped his fingers and more scary dogs appeared, surrounding all of the animals.

Robert had taken over the barnyard and his reign of tyranny was starting once again. Animals were locked in cages and only were allowed to get out to work on gardening, pruning and weeding or to do some other kind of backbreaking hard labor. Everyone was miserable now that Robert was now the head honcho again and things only got worse; anybody who dared to stand up to him was thrown into dens with hungry predators or spending their nights in the cold cellar with no insulation whatsoever, pleading at their mercy. Something had to be done.

Later that night, Wade snuck out of his cage and went down to the shed and quietly knocked at the door.

"What's the word?" whispered someone inside.

"Down with Jefferson" Wade whispered.

He went inside and saw Bo, Roy, Lanolin, Booker, Blue, Cody and Sheldon all gathered up for a meeting with the resistance.

"Okay everyone" said Lanolin "I call this meeting to order!"

"Right" everyone saluted.

Lanolin paced around in seriousness "Now as you all know, Orson is gone and we must stop Robert from bringing into more darkness! He's made us do backbreaking and dangerous labor...put Cody in buns..."

"I can still feel the bread, I can still feel the bread!" Cody screamed.

Blue tried to comfort Cody "There, there..."

"And hit us when we spoke up!" Lanolin added.

"It still hurts" Roy tried to rub his backside.

"We are going to put an end to Robert's tyranny once and for all" said Lanolin "But first we need to get Orson back!"

"Yeah!" said the other animals.

"But like, how are we gonna do that, sis?" asked Bo.

"It's simple Bo" said Lanolin "We are going to send a rescue party to find out where Orson could've gone and we're going to get him back!"

"Perfect" said Wade "Who's going to rescue him?"

"You, Wade!" said Lanolin "And Roy and Bo will go as well!"

"But I've never left the farm before" Wade said nervously "And what if we don't find Orson? What if Robert finds us? What if predators eat us?"

"Wade, if there was ever a time to be risky and be brave, it's now!" said Roy "We've got to find Orson and save the farm!"

"Like, far out man!" Bo exclaimed "Come on, Ducko! Let's go on our rescue"

Wade thought for a while and thought about his friend Orson and where he could've been. Finally, he came to a choice.

"Okay" said Wade "I'm going to save my pal Orson!"

"That's the spirit, Wade!" Bo playfully punched Wade in the arm.

"But I hope you've found a way for us to get to Orson, Lanolin" said Roy "We can't go on that dirt road on foot"

"Glad you asked that, Roy" said Lanolin "Because here's someone who can help!"

Lanolin whistled and came a gray donkey with a black mane.

"A horse? Never seen him before" Booker remarked.

"My name is Hector" said the donkey "I used to pull carts for a miner, but then I was separated from him and ended up here on the farm. Since then, I've been trying to find adventure and some way I can fit in"

"Perfect" said Roy "We'll ride you to help us find our friend, Orson"

"Oh goody" Hector said as he clapped his hooves.

Roy, Wade and Bo jumped onto Hector and were ready to go on their mission to find Orson and bring him back home. Lanolin, Booker, Sheldon, Blue and Cody watched as they saw the four ride off into the moonlight on the dirt road as they went to start their rescue mission.

"Good luck, guys" said Lanolin "You're gonna need it"

"Are they really gonna find Orson, Lanolin?" asked Booker "I mean, we can't live without him and that horrible Collie took him away from us!"

"Don't worry boys" Lanolin cradled the chicks into her arms "I know Orson is alive and out there somewhere and I know your uncles will find him. He can take our farm, he can take our homes, but he can never take one of our own!"

TO BE CONTINUED...

Author's Note:

A large price to pay for voting for the wrong person. Now, Robert has taken over the barnyard and is plunging it into darkness. Now, it's up to Roy, Wade, Bo and their new friend Hector to rescue Orson and end Jefferson's reign of tyranny. But will they find Orson? And where did Orson go? Find out in the next story. In the meantime, let's get back to the Sam Spayed mystery.